Authorities in the Philippines have acknowledged killing more than 4,200 drug suspects who resisted arrest. Photo: AFP Authorities in the Philippines have acknowledged killing more than 4,200 drug suspects who resisted arrest. Photo: AFP
Authorities in the Philippines have acknowledged killing more than 4,200 drug suspects who resisted arrest. Photo: AFP
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Agence France-Presse
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Updated: 6:28pm, 11 Jul, 2018

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Authorities in the Philippines have acknowledged killing more than 4,200 drug suspects who resisted arrest. Photo: AFP Authorities in the Philippines have acknowledged killing more than 4,200 drug suspects who resisted arrest. Photo: AFP
Authorities in the Philippines have acknowledged killing more than 4,200 drug suspects who resisted arrest. Photo: AFP
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